Shen Ru was positively exhilarated.
Both by discovering the secret the man had kept hidden all along and by the foul mood his mockery had put Mo Yu in.
At last, he felt the satisfying balance of being evenly matched.
Ever since the man first demonstrated that he could use his abilities outside an Instance, Shen Ru had sensed that something was terribly wrong.
Mo Yu's deal with the system was real. That was why the man could freely choose which Instance to enter, even beginner Instances.
And in all this time, Shen Ru had never seen Mo Yu assigned to a high-difficulty Instance by the system to complete his required tasks.
Instead, he kept buzzing around Shen Ru like a fly.
Apparently, while helping the system clear out unknown errors, the man had also made corresponding alterations to the Instances.
A plan long in the making, exposed by his own selfish desires.
Oh, Mo Yu. Do you know what you look like right now?
"Teacher Shen, you'll hurt my feelings, talking about me like that."
The man neither denied Shen Ru's suspicions nor admitted to tampering with the Instances. He merely answered the young man's last remark with elegant composure.
It seemed that, to Mo Yu, none of those issues mattered nearly as much as having his abilities questioned.
"So even a god can feel hurt?"
Feigning surprise, Shen Ru stepped forward and covered the man's eyes and brows with his hand, leaving only his beautifully defined jawline exposed. His crimson eyes trembled with excitement as he said:
"Aren't gods supposed to be free of all desires?"
Qiu Wen didn't dare say a word beside them. She even wanted to switch off her ears.
Was she supposed to be hearing this??
*She only wanted to survive. Why could she